Explainer: What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?


By AGENCY
A man offers prayers at the Amurva Bhumi Vihara temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Snake in Jakarta on Jan 28. Photo: AFP

On Jan 29, Asian American communities around the United States will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities.

In many Asian countries, it is a festival that is celebrated for several days. In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated.

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